- The development and role of biliteracy trajectories in providing a comprehensive view of students’ literacy progress in both Spanish and English.
- How biliteracy trajectories enable educators to assess students’ literacy development more accurately by considering performance in both languages.
- How biliteracy trajectories can be implemented at the classroom, school, and district levels to inform instructional decisions and support students’ success.
Dr. Jody Slavick
University of Colorado
Jody Slavick, PhD, is Research Associate at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Director of Professional Development for the Literacy Squared project. Her early career included roles as a dual language coach, district ESL/dual language resource teacher, middle school ESL and Spanish language arts teacher, elementary bilingual teacher, preschool bilingual developer, and adult ESL teacher.
Renaissance
Doris Chávez-Linville, MS Ed, is Senior Director of Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Innovation at Renaissance. In this role, she advocates for the best tools in the marketplace to support and uplift linguistically and culturally marginalized student populations. She is a former bilingual and migrant education teacher, and she is also currently a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania.